Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga | |
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Blaga's portrait, Museum of the Romanian Peasant | |
| Born | 9 May 1895 |
| Died | 6 May 1961 (aged 65) |
| Resting place | Lancrăm, Sebeș Municipality, Alba County, Romania |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna (PhD) |
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| Notable work | Poems of Light |
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| Spouse | Cornelia Brediceanu |
| Children | Dorli Blaga |
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| Awards | Hamagiu Award (1935) |
| Member of the Senate of Romania | |
| In office 1938–1940 | |
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Lucian Blaga (Romanian: [lutʃiˈan ˈblaɡa] ⓘ; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He is one of the most important philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philosopher of the interwar period in Eastern Europe who, due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his career, is barely known to the outside world.